Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 512 · 40 questions

Word tip (Meaning first, then spelling): Decide what the sentence needs: an action (verb) or a thing (noun)? affect / advise are verbs; effect / advice are nouns. Use memory tricks: stationEry has e for envelopes; stationAry has a for “at rest”; dessert has a double s for “sweet stuff”. Read the finished sentence and check the meaning.

1. 1.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
4. 4.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
6. 6.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
8. 8.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
9. 9.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
12. 12.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
14. 14.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
15. 15.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
16. 16.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
17. 17.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
18. 18.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
19. 19.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
20. 20.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
22. 22.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
23. 23.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
24. 24.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
26. 26.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
27. 27.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
29. 29.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
30. 30.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
31. 31.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
34. 34.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
35. 35.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
36. 36.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
37. 37.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
38. 38.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
39. 39.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
40. 40.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept

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